[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Verlekar, Vivaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[BlackICU "1845"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2297418"]
[BlackFideId "2516942"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g74.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri Feb  6 11:58:03 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts_allfiles/pairings_sligo-experts2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
Na4 d5 9. c5 b5 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Bb6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Ne5
Nbd7 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. b5 a6 17. Qb3 axb5 18. Nb4 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Nd3
Bc6 21. Bb4 Qd8 22. f3 Nf8 23. e3 Ng6 24. Rac1 Ne8 25. h4 Nd6 26. h5 Ne7
27. g4 Nc4 28. Kf2 h6 29. f4 Be8 30. Ne5 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Kg3 Qf6 33.
Qd3 Rd8 34. Rf3 Rac8 35. Kh3 Re8 36. Be1 Qe7 37. Bb4 Qf6 38. Be1 Qe7 39.
Rc3 Ra8 40. Bh4 Qd7 41. Rg3 Kh8 42. Kh2 f5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. Bh3 Rf8 45.
Rg6 Rf7 46. Qc2 Bb7 47. Qg2 Rg8 48. Qg3 Qe8 49. Bg2 Qd7 50. Bf1 Bc6 51. Bd3
Qc7 52. a4 b4 53. Rb3 Bxa4 54. Rxb4 Bd1 55. Bxc4 dxc4 56. Rbxb6 Bb3 57.
Rxh6+ gxh6 58. Rxh6+ Rh7 59. Bf6+ Rg7 60. Qg6 Rxh6 61. Qxh6+ Kg8 62. d5 Rh7
63. Qg6+ Kf8 64. d6 Qf7 65. Be7+ Ke8 66. d7+ Kxd7 67. Qd6+ Kc8 68. Qc6+ Kb8
69. Qb6+ Ka8 70. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2